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Design of Qualitative Research
Design of Qualitative Research
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Design of Qualitative Research
Before designing qualitative research, at least, there are five important questions to be answered
by the researchers as suggested by Mason (2002). The questions are as follows.
1.The social reality (Ontological perspective), what is the nature of phenomena or social reality I
want to investigate?
2.Knowledge and evidence (Epistemological perspective), what might represent knowledge and
evidence of social reality I wish to investigate?
3.Broad research area, what topic or substantive area is the research concerned with?